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I n f o r m a t i o n T e c h n o l o g y

NCOAUG 2011 Winter

by Ravi Sagaram,PMP, Motorola Solutions Inc.


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Motorola Internal Use Only

I n f o r m a t i o n T e c h n o l o g y Agenda

Summary on R12.1.2 including 12.1.1

Summary on R12.1.3

New Features in R12.1.2 including R12.1.1

New Features in R12.1.3

Questions and Answers


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Summary on R12.1.2 (Including R12.1.1)

Module Key Enhancements

OM, Shipping and

Pricing

Copy Function enhancements in Sales Order

Copy Functionality across OUs Creating Multiple copies of an order Copying shipsets and fulfillment sets Navigation to the new order after copy Population of current order number in the Get Header level info from on copy

Enhancement to Hold Sources in OM Progress Work flow for OM headers and lines after release of hold Mass Change function in quick sales order form Enhancement to Mass Changes on Order entry form

Enhancements to High Volume Order Import Two new Seeded RMA workflows Credit Overshipped quantities for RMA Shipping tolerances Pricing Performance

Purchasing Coordination between IR and ISO on changes Mass Change Functionality of buyer on PO, PO Requisition and IR Mass Closing of PO

SLA Program to initialize historic transactions for proper reconciliation in newly created sub ledgers

Financials GL enhancements Enhancement to FSG AP enhancements -- Changing the supplier bank account on unpaid invoices AR enhancements -- Defaulting customer bank AC on inidentified receipts

Inventory New Material Status for Onhand quantities

Fusion Configurator engine

New Configurator engine provides better numerical handling, defaulting and auto configcompletion features. The engine is based on new Java technology


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Summary on R12.1.3

Module Enhancements

General Changes to Look and feel Search Feature Navigator in Self Service Page

New Features in Quoting Enhancements to Copy Functionality in Quoting Changing customer on an existing quote Creation of a new template from an existing quote Other Quoting features

New Features in Financials Some new features were introduced in Collections, Credit Management, SLA andLegal Entity configurator

Application Technology Flex Field Validation Delivery Options feature in concurrent programs enhancements to Key Flexfield Cross-Validatio Rules Report enhancements Support the oracle 11g case sensitive passwords Performance improvement of AutoConfig Autoconfig support for the 11g Scan Listener feature

Automated deployment of forms ear fileInternationalization Enabling of new languages/Additional languages without applying NLS Patches.


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I n f o r m a t i o n T e c h n o l o g y R12.1.1, R12.1.2 OM Copy Features

You can copy orders across OUs whenyou turn on Multi Org Access Control

Display new order after copy as default

You can create multiple copies of salesorder in single copy function


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I n f o r m a t i o n T e c h n o l o g y R12.1.1, R12.1.2 OM Copy Features (contd..)

While copying lines on to a newsales order, the order number isdefaulted from the source order into the field Get Header Level infoFrom



I n f o r m a t i o n T e c h n o l o g y R12.1.1, R12.1.2 OM Copy Features (contd..)

Fulfillment Sets and Ship/ArrivalSets can be copied on the linesfrom the source line

Copy Complete Configuration canbe automatically checked whilecopying the sales order by settingthe OM System Parameter Defaultvalue for Action - Copy CompleteConfiguration to Yes



I n f o r m a t i o n T e c h n o l o g y R12.1.1, R12.1.2 OM Hold Sources

Additional Attributes are availablefor Hold Criteria while creating HoldSource

The additional attributes are

Order Type

Line Type

Price List

Creation Date

Sales Channel Code

Deliver to Site

Payment Type

Shipping Method code

Top Model

Project Number

Transaction CurrencyCode

Hold Sources can be appliedacross OUs



I n f o r m a t i o n T e c h n o l o g y Progress WF after hold release

Order and line Work flow can beprogressed automatically after releasing the hold



I n f o r m a t i o n T e c h n o l o g y Enhancements to Quick Sales order form

Enhancements are made to thequick sales order form.

Mass Change functionality isadded.



I n f o r m a t i o n T e c h n o l o g y Enhancements to Mass Change in SO

Cascading of order header attributes from headers to linesfunctionality is extended to masschange of order headers



I n f o r m a t i o n T e c h n o l o g y Enhancements to High Volume Order Import

High Volume Order Import isenhanced with additionalparameters to process tax andconfigurations

A public API has been providedfor repricing the order


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I n f o r m a t i o n T e c h n o l o g y New Workflows for RMA

Two New line level workflows areprovided for RMA

Return with receipt and ApprovalReturn with Receipt

There is no invoicing in both theseline types


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I n f o r m a t i o n T e c h n o l o g y New Features for RMA

RMA creation has been enhancedto enter shipped quantity on thesales order instead of bookedquantity. This is useful whereovershipment is done on the salesorder. This can be done byselecting system parameter Overshipment Invoice Basis toInvoice Shipped Quantity

If you select Invoice Ordered

Quantity then RMA can be enteredfor booked quantity only as inR12.0.6


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I n f o r m a t i o n T e c h n o l o g y R12.1.1 Coordination of Changes between IR and ISO

Changes to IR will be syncronized to ISOafter ISO is created. Changes like Requestdate, quantity or cancelling IR or line after approval of IR can be synchronized to ISO.

Similarly Quantity, Schedule ship date,arrival date or cancelling ISO issynchronized to IR

Schedule Ship Date on ISO and Arrivaldate on IR can be sysnchronized by settingthe profile POR: Sync up Need by date onIR with OM

If a line on ISO is partially shipped,leaving the balance quantity back ordered,then the line on IR will be split accordingly.

Synchronization of a line cancellation on IR with ISO


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I n f o r m a t i o n T e c h n o l o g y R12.1.1 Coordination to Changes in IR and ISO

If the quantity on the IR is changed, thenthe line on ISO will go on InternalRequisition Approval hold till the changes

to IR are approved using WF.

Synchronization of change in QTY on IR with ISOOriginal Qty on IR was 10. Out of that Qty 1 was shipped on ISONow Modify the QTY to 8 on IR

The Order Line went on Internal Requisition hold till the IR wasapproved by WF Background Process


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I n f o r m a t i o n T e c h n o l o g y R12.1.1 Coordination to Changes in IR and ISO

Once the IR is approved, then the hold onthe ISO line is released and the quantity onISO is sysnchronized accordingly .

However, adding new lines to IR cannotbe synchronized to ISO

IC invoices can be viewed from order organizer

ISOs can be created with different Order Types

Synchronization of change in QTY on IR with ISO

QTY on the ISO was automaticallysynchronized


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I n f o r m a t i o n T e c h n o l o g y R12.1 Enhancements to Shipping

Shipping tolerances can be specified for sales order lines to control the minimum and maximum acceptable quantities. Thesecan be controlled using profile options OM: Under Shipment Tolerance and OM: Over Shipment Tolerance. These can besetup at the item level, customer, shipping tolerances form and in the sales order form

When the overshipment and undershipment tolerances are set, then the sales order line can be shipped incrementallymultiple times until the maximum shipment quantity is reached. In prior release, the remainder unpicked quantity iscancelled when the tolerances are met.

Incremental Shipping for overshipment and under shipment tolerances


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I n f o r m a t i o n T e c h n o l o g y R12.1.2 Enhancements to Pricing

Performance of pricing engine isimproved by a pattern basedsearch feature. The feature can beturned on using a profile QP:Pattern Search. You can do this for Modifiers or price lists or both.

After the profile is set, Run a onetime concurrent Program QP:Pattern Upgrade from OraclePricing Manager to upgrade all the

existing setups to the new formatThis should enhance the

performance of the pricing engine.


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I n f o r m a t i o n T e c h n o l o g y R12.1.1 and R12.1.2 SLA enhancements

When you create new sub ledgers for reporting currencies, a new concurrent program SLA Secondary/ALC Ledger HistoricUpgrade is provided to initialise the historical transactions for proper reconciliation. This program retroactively posts hi storicalaccounting data from primarly ledgers to the newly created secondary or reporting currency ledgers.

A new report Subledger Accounting Rules DetailListing Report is provided to list the informationabout accounting rules defined for a SLA. You canreview the setup details for a given application for the following

Jourmal Line Definition

Journal Line Type

Account Derivation Rule

Journal Header Description

Journal Line Description


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I n f o r m a t i o n T e c h n o l o g y R12.1.1 and R12.1.2 GL enhancements

FSG has been enhanced with a content set. When the page expand option is selected, then each value in the content setcan be seen in a separate tab in excel workbook. Content sets are like row sets and they replace the definition of row setdynamically and generate 100s of similar reports in a single run.

FSG reports can be published in Excel


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I n f o r m a t i o n T e c h n o l o g y R12.1.1 and R12.1.2 AP enhancements

When the suppliers bank account is changed, then AP will automatically update remit to bank account on unpaid and partiallypaid invoices without manual update to each invoice.


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I n f o r m a t i o n T e c h n o l o g y R12.1.1 and R12.1.2 AR enhancements

Defaulting customer bank account info on unidentified receipts is provided. The MICR that comes in the lockbox file is usedto derive the customer account and is defaulted on unidentified receipts.


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I n f o r m a t i o n T e c h n o l o g y R12.1.1 and R12.1.2 PO enhancements

A Concurrent Program Mass Update of Purchasing Documents is provided to massupdate Buyer, Approver, and deliver to person onall on Purchase Order or Blanket Purchase

Agreement or Contract Purchase Agreement or Planned PO

A Similar concurrent Program Mass Update of Requisitions is provided for updating POrequisitions and Internal Rerquisitions too.

A new concurrent Program Mass Close of Purchasing Documents is provided for massclosing Purchase documents that have been fullyprocessed but are not closed. This can be usedfor standard Purchase Order or Blanket Purchase

Agreement or Contract Purchase Agreement or Planned PO

MASS CHANGE FUNCTIONALITY


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I n f o r m a t i o n T e c h n o l o g y R12.1.1 and R12.1.2 PO enhancements

Users can view the modifier information for a PO

Manually enter a modifier, change the modifier rate and recalculate the price.

Enhancents to Advanced Pricing in PO for increasedflexibility to buyer to view and apply pricing

Users can view the pre calculated pricingadjustments applied by pricing engine on a PO


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I n f o r m a t i o n T e c h n o l o g y R12.1.1 Inventory enhancements

A new status called Material Status for onhand balance is introduced. This is like Item status control for items.

With this feature, you can tag the onhand quantities to different material status like good, broken, Expired, Inspected etc.and control the material movement and transactions like reservable, transactable. This avoids setting up sub inventories for different status of onhand quantities

The feature can be enabled on org parameters form for the existing inventory orgs using the concurrent program Activate

On Hand level Material Status Tracking and then by specifying the inventory Orgs and default on hand status.

For new inventory Orgs, this can be set up at the setup of inventory orgs. The status of the onhand is the cumulativestatus of lot, sub inventory and serial control

On hand Material Status


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I n f o r m a t i o n T e c h n o l o g y R12.1.1 New Fusion Engine for configurator

A new fusion configurator engine was introduced in R12.1.1

It is based on constraint based technology. It is written in Java Language

Existing models may be converted to use new engine

Profile CZ: Enable Configurator Engine indicates which engine to be used

The Profile value Original Indicates that the existing engine will be used for the existing configurations. When the profileis set to Fusion, then the new fusion engine will be used for the configurations. When the profile is set to Both, then user will get an option to use which configuration to be used for new models based on the configuration preferences.

Use the model configuration utility concurrent program to convert the existing models.

Fusion Configurator Engine features

It provided improved numerical functionality. You can define equations using relational operators. You can specify theminimum and maximum numerical ranges (ex hard disk range, memory range or number of hard drives etc. )

The end user will have the new feature to Auto Complete the configuration just by selecting the config features they wantand then by hitting the finish button leaving the remaining work to the configurator engine to decide on the remaining

options required for the valid configuration.


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I n f o r m a t i o n T e c h n o l o g y Oracle Release 12.1.3 Home Page Look

Home Page Look is changed. You see this page after you log into the applications. The responsibilities, main menus andsub menus are shown as expandable list in the left side pane and the work list is show in a bigger right side pane.

12.1.3


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I n f o r m a t i o n T e c h n o l o g y Oracle Release 12.1.3 Search Feature

Intellisense Searching was introduced in the application. This is enabled in the HTML pages where magnify glass isshown. This is like the suggested list that pops up when you are typing a search word in Google


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I n f o r m a t i o n T e c h n o l o g y R12.1.3 Navigator in Self Service page

You can now navigate to other responsibilities from the self service pages using Navigator

Drop down Lists on the self service pages have been marked with a down arrow next to the List


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I n f o r m a t i o n T e c h n o l o g y R 12.1.3 Flex Field Segment Validation

The flexfield segment setup forms for both key and descriptive flexfields are enhanced to provide field-level validation of the segment name fields so that the user receives immediate feedback on invalid segment names.

12.1.3 12.1.2


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I n f o r m a t i o n T e c h n o l o g y Delivery Options for Conc Requests

When submitting concurrent requests, users can now choose to have the request output delivered using BI Publisher'sDelivery Manager. The output can be automatically emailed, faxed, sent to an IPP printer, or delivered using FTP or SFTP.


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I n f o r m a t i o n T e c h n o l o g y Cross Validation Violation Rule Enhancement

Users have the option to run this report for just one cross-validation rule at a time to test if the specific rule is set upcorrectly, by seeing which existing combinations violate the specific rule. In Previous releases, users can run for all therules at once.


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I n f o r m a t i o n T e c h n o l o g y R12.1.3 Quote -- Copy Functionality

Users can copy a quote to a customer different from the one on the original quote. The user can also specify which quoteattributes should be copied to the newly created quote


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I n f o r m a t i o n T e c h n o l o g y R12.1.3 Quote Change Customer on an existing quote

You can change the customer on the quote.


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I n f o r m a t i o n T e c h n o l o g y Quote Create a template from an existing quote

You can create a template from the existing quote. Also you can use a template from any OU to create a quote.


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Configurator enhancements(HTML UI only)

Currently, the effective date for a model configuration in the quote is the creation dateof the model configuration and cannot be changed. The creation date of a modelconfiguration is the date when the model was initially configured in the quote.Subsequently, if there are changes to the configuration rules or the Bill of Materials for the model item, then these changes are not available when the user reconfigures themodel item. This enhancement allows the effective date to be the current date or thecreation date of the model configuration. Additional flexibility is provided for customers who wish to write their own rule for determining the effective date. Userscan also manually check the validity of the model configurations in the quote duringthe quote lifecycle.

Business Needs R12.1.3 Solution

R12.1.3 Feature Oracle Quoting

Usability enhancements(HTML UI only)

Apply quote templatesfrom different operating

units

Quotes and quote templates are inherently striped by the operating unit. Currently,the quoting user cannot apply a quote template from an operating that is differentfrom the quote operating unit. This enhancement removes this restriction andprovides a larger library of quote templates to choose from. This promotes better reuse of the quote templates.

Currently, quoting validates the quote prior to quote transitions such as approval

submission and place order. Users cannot easily add custom validation checks prior to the key quote transitions. The QA Check framework allows business processowners to define custom business rule validations that need to be automaticallyperformed prior to key quote actions. Based on the outcome of the business rulevalidations, the user is either allowed to perform the quote action or prevented fromdoing so. The quoting user can also manually invoke the QA check during the quotelifecycle to preemptively fix any errors prior to the automatic validation checks.

QA Check framework (HTMLUI only)


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In a business relationship where a company sells to a distributor who ultimatelyresells an item to an end user, there is a need to quote a service contract to the enduser. Currently, the service reference for a serviceable item in the Install Base mustOracle E-Business Suite Release 12.1 Release Content Document Oracle Quoting 23be owned by the Sold To customer on the quote. This does not work well for reseller scenarios where the Sold To Customer is not the same as the End Customer. Theitem in the Install Base is associated with the End Customer not the Sold ToCustomer. This enhancement allows the Quoting user to specify a service referencefor a serviceable item in the Install Base for the End Customer on the quote.

Service reference for serviceable item in theInstall Base for the End

Customer (HTML UI only)


Allow Service item to point toa serviceable item in the

product catalog

(HTML UI only)

In Quoting, you can quote a service long after the original purchase. In such ascenario, the service item on the quote must point to the serviceable item in the Installbase. In reseller scenarios, there is a need to create separate quotes, one quote for the serviceable item and a second quote for the service item. Each of the two quotesmay be created by different resellers. Since the first quote has not been fulfilled, theservice item on the second quote cannot reference the serviceable item in the InstallBase. This enhancement allows the service item to point to a serviceable item fromthe Product Catalog. The service item can be priced based on the price for theserviceable item in the Product Catalog. After the order for the first quote is fulfilled,the second quote is changed so the service item points to the serviceable item in theInstall Base. Subsequently, the second quote can be placed as an order.

R12.1.3 Feature Oracle Quoting (contd..)


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International TradeManagenment Adapter Enhancements for Global

Trade Management(GTM)

Enhancements in Global Trade Management (GTM) Supports master data

synchronization of items; Supports master data synchronization of partiesbetween EBS and GTS, Sends an expanded number of party types etc. to GTMfrom EBS.


R12.1.3 Feature Order Management


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Fulfillment Batches for Distributed WarehouseManagement System

Delivery details can now be grouped into fulfillment batches based on thecriteria selected in the 'Create Shipment Batches for Fulfillment' concurrentprogram. The fulfillment batches can then be sent as a shipment request to theDistributed Warehouse Management Systems (e.g. Oracle EBS WMS deployedin Distributed/LSP Mode) for execution. The Distributed WarehouseManagement System will need to send the shipment advice once the shipmentrequest is processed and executed.


R12.1.3 Feature Shipping Execution


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I n f o r m a t i o n T e c h n o l o g y R12.1.3 Feature Advanced Pricing


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I n f o r m a t i o n T e c h n o l o g y R12.1.3 Feature Configurator


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Staged Dunning

In addition to the Aged Dunning method that is based on a customers oldest agedinvoice, Collections organizations may now use Staged Dunning method. The StagedDunning method ensures the dunning notices set to a customer automaticallyincremented based on the collection score and pre-defined number of days betweenletters being sent.


R12.1.3 Feature Oracle Advanced Collections


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Configurable Analyst Assignment Rules

In addition to the seeded assignment rules, Oracle Credit Management can nowassign credit analyst to case folders based on user-defined assignment rules andparameters.This offers greater flexibility in addressing customer specific work load managementneeds.


R12.1.3 Feature Oracle Credit Management


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Enhanced Legal AddressIn prior releases, when defining the address for a new legal entity, users could onlyselect from existing locations identified as legal addresses. Users can now select anyexisting location as an address for a legal entity.


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New Control AccountsQualifier

Restrict Manual Journals has been added as a new qualifier on the natural accountsegment to provide users the ability to specify the control accounts that do not requirethird party detail for posting.


R12.1.3 Feature Oracle SLA

NavigationSetupFinancials FlexFields KeyValues and queryfor str andaccountingsegment


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I n f o r m a t i o n T e c h n o l o g y R12.1.3 Oracle Receivables

R12 1 1 12 1 2 R12 1 3 A li i T h l


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I n f o r m a t i o n T e c h n o l o g y R12.1.1, 12,1.2, R12.1.3 Application Technology

Oracle E-Business Suite uses the following major technology components in Release 12.1.1, R12.1.2, R12.1.3

Oracle TechnologyMost Recent VersionIncluded in or Certifiedwith 12.1.1

Most Recent Version

Included in or Certifiedwith 12.1.2

Most Recent Version

Included in or Certifiedwith 12.1.3

Oracle Database 11g 11.1.0.7 11.2 11.2

Oracle Database 10gR2 10.2.0.3 10.2.0.5(Certified for upgradingcustomers)

10.2.0.5(Certified for upgradingcustomers)

XDK for the Database Tier 11.1.0.7 Matches the Database versionas indicated above

Matches the Database version asindicated above

Oracle Applications server (for Application Tier forms and Reports)

10.1.2.3 10.1.2.3 10.1.2.3

Oracle Applications server (for Application Tier java code and Oracle

Applications Frame work)

10.1.3.4 10.1.3.5 10.1.3.5

XDK for the Application Tier 10.1.3.4 10.1.3.5 10.1.3.5

Oracle HTTP Server 10.1.3.4 10.1.3.5 10.1.3.5

Oracle HTTP Client 10.1.3.4 10.1.3.5 10.1.3.5

OJSP 10.1.3.54(based on JSP

2.0 Specification)

10.1.3.5 (based on JSP 2.0

Specification)

10.1.3.5 (based on JSP 2.0

Specification)

R12 1 1 R12 1 2 R12 1 3 Application Technology (Contd )


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Oracle Technology(Third Party Technology)

Version forR12.1.1

Most Recent Certifiedversion for 12.1.2

Java SE Development Kit JDK( for Application Tier Java Code and Oracle Applications Frame work)

6.0 6.0

Java SE Development Kit JDK( for Concurrent Processing Tier) 6.0 6.0

Native Java Plug in (for client side java code running in the Browsers) 6.0 6.0 Included in RapidInstall;

5.0 supported for

upgrading

Oracle Technology(Technology Components Delivered in APPL_TOP)

Version forR12.1.1

Most recent certifiedversion for 12.1.2

Oracle JDeveloper runtime libraries 10.1.3 10.1.3

Oracle BI Beans 3.1.1.7 3.1.1.10

Oracle Thin JDBC Drivers ( for Application Tier Java Code) 11.1.0.7 11.2

Oracle Technology

(Externally Installed Oracle Technology)

Version for

R12.1.1

Most recent certified

version for 12.1.2Oracle Portal 10.1.4.2 11.1.1.2

Oracle Single Sign-on/Oracle Internet Directory 10.1.4.3 11.1.1.0

Oracle Discoverer 10.1.2.3 11.1.1.2

Oracle Collaboration Suite 10.1.2 10.1.2

R12.1.1,R12.1.2, R12.1.3 Application Technology (Contd..)

R12 1 3 Application Technology (contd )


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Oracle Technology(Externally Installed Oracle Technology)

Version for R12.1.1 Version Included in orCertified with 12.1.x

Oracle Access Manager N/A 10.1.4.3

Oracle BI Enterprise edition 10.1.3.4 10.1.3.4

Oracle Web Center 10.1.3.4 11.1.1.2

Oracle BPEL Manager Process Manager 10.1.3.4 11.1.1.2

Oracle Secure Enterprise Search 10.1.8.4 11g

Oracle Enterprise Manager 10.2.0.2 10.2.0.2

R12.1.3 Application Technology (contd)

R12 1 3 Application Technology (Contd )


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AutoConfig performance has been improved significantly by implementing theparallelization of jobs executed within a product top. Also the longest running scriptshave been modified to significantly increase their execution performance.

AutoConfig PerformanceImprovements under

Technology Configuration


Automated deployment of forms ear file under

Technology Configuration

Previously whenever the forms ear file was patched in the 10.1.2 Oracle Home,customer had to redeploy it manually to the 10.1.3 Oracle Home. In Release 12.1.3,this process has been automated assuring that the customer will not experienceforms execution problems due to an obsolete forms executable.

R12.1.3 Application Technology (Contd..)

AutoConfig support for the11g Scan Listener feature

under TechnologyConfiguration

This feature allows customers to take advantage of the 11gR2 database scan listener feature without manual modifications to tns/dbc file.



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Oracle iSetup MLS offers greater flexibility in Release 12.1.3 with the ability to movedata across systems with different sets of installed languages. Customers can chooseto move data of all configured languages from a source system to a target system atonce, or they can choose to move data of one installed language or a subset of installed languages from the source to the target.

iSetup MLS for Internationalization


Oracle ApplicationFramework Rich UI Bi-Directional Support for

Internationalization

New rich UI components, released in 12.1.2, now support Bi-Directional languagessuch as Arabic and Hebrew.


Improved MLS ExportFunctionality in Oracle

Application Frameworkfor Internationalization

Continuing on the theme of improving multilingual support (MLS) in Oracle E-Business Suite, Oracle Application Framework export functionality is improved toallow users to Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.1 Release Content DocumentInternationalization 10choose between UnicodeLittle or UTF-8 encoding for their exported files. They canalso choose between a comma or tab as the delimiter value between the exportedvalues.This flexibility allows users to address limitation in older releases of Microsoft Excel

with regard to lack of UTF-8 support or the mishandling of files containing comma-separated values in Unicode.

Lightweight MLS for Internationalization

The Lightweight MLS feature, new in Release 12.1.3, allows additional languages tobe enabled without the need to apply the corresponding NLS patches. In previousreleases, it was necessary to apply the relevant NLS patches before additionallanguages could be used.



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Oracle Applications Supportfor 11g Case SensitiveDatabase Passwords

under AOL

With this release, the Oracle Application Object Library (AOL) is enhanced to supportOracle E-Business Suite Release 12.1 Release Content Document Oracle

Application Framework 15 the Oracle Database 11g case-sensitive databasepasswords feature for database user authentication. In previous releases, Oracle E-Business Suite database passwords were not case-sensitive. Support for case-sensitive database passwords provides for more secure Oracle E-Business Suite

schema passwords. This feature is not enabled by default and its use is optional. Toenable case-sensitive database passwords, the database administrator (DBA) mustperform the appropriate setup steps.


Concurrent Processing

Integration with OracleBusiness IntelligencePublisher Delivery

Manager under AOL

When submitting concurrent requests, users can now choose to have the request

output delivered using BI Publisher's Delivery Manager. The output can beautomatically emailed, faxed, sent to an IPP printer, or delivered using FTP or SFTP.



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This feature provides users with an ability to tag database connections with module

and context specific attributes. The feature offers several session attributes that allowapplications to record the current user, code module and business action that aconnection is being used for. Populating these attributes helps users track metricsrequired for Audit control, resource allocation, and problem diagnosis.

Database ConnectionTagging under AOL


In-Context Diagnostics under Diagnostics

In-context Diagnostics uses the inline pop-up feature in Oracle ApplicationFramework to enable a user to enter input for a diagnostic test, execute it, and viewthe result or report, all from the current product page, without navigating to theDiagnostics screens to run the test.


Opening Portlet Links in aNew Window

Links within an Oracle E-Business Suite Oracle Application Framework portlet cannow be opened in a new browser window. This feature allows the base portal or Oracle WebCenter page to be in context while drilldown links open content in aseparate window. All Oracle E-Business Suite content will launch into a single

window.

FNDMENU DiagnosticsMenu Security Enhancement

under AOL

This enhancement removes the challenge for the APPS password when trying toaccess submenus under the Diagnostics menu. Access to the Diagnostics submenusis controlled by the Utilities: Diagnostics profile option and standard E -BusinessSuite function security. When the user selects a menu item, Oracle Application ObjectLibrary checks whether the submenu items are granted to the current responsibility. If the Utilities: Diagnostics profile option is set to No and the end user has not beengranted the securing function for the menu item, an error message is displayed.

Additionally, this enhancement provides a read-only mode for the Examine menu, theItem Properties window, and the Forms Personalization form.



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This feature provides users with an ability to tag database connections with module

and context specific attributes. The feature offers several session attributes that allowapplications to record the current user, code module and business action that aconnection is being used for. Populating these attributes helps users track metricsrequired for Audit control, resource allocation, and problem diagnosis.

Notification Mailer - SMTP Authentication in

Workflow



The Oracle Workflow notification mailer now supports SMTP authentication, enablingcustomers to use the notification mailer with their enterprise SMTP servers that areconfigured for SMTP authentication. Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.1 ReleaseContent Document Oracle Workflow 38

SMTP authentication requires the sender to authenticate by identifying itself to themail server. After successful authentication, the mail server grants transmission of thesenders emails. SMTP authentication can be used to allow legitimate users to relaymail while denying relay service to unauthorized users, such as spammers. OracleWorkflow currently supports the PLAIN, LOGIN, and DIGST-MD5 authenticationmechanisms. Administrators can enter the user name and password that thenotification mailer should use for authentication in either the basic or advancedconfiguration pages for the mailer.

Repository ManagementSecurity for Oracle Reports

Additional security capabilities have been added to the Oracle Report Manager Repository to restrict individual user actions on folders and documents. A new user interface lets you define the users who have viewer and owner privileges for a folder or document. Users must have either viewer or owner privilege to view a securedfolder or document. Only users with owner privileges can perform actions such asupdating, Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.1 Release Content Document OracleUser Management (UMX) 34moving, archiving, deleting, or creating a menu item for a secured folder or document,or publishing reports or adding subfolders within a secured folder.You can use Repository security for reports that do not use the user to value, flexfieldsegment, or custom security methods, as an alternative to creating menu items to

control access to those reports. The Repository security feature can help reducemaintenance overhead when you need to secure large numbers of reports becauseyou can publish multiple reports to the same secured folder, instead of having tocreating individual menu items for each report.


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